Garuda Indonesia Adds Domestic Route Flight Frequency

Garuda Indonesia aircraft. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - President Director of Garuda Indonesia, Irfan Setiaputra, said that in line with the company's efforts to optimize its role as a national flag carrier, and in line with the company's performance recovery steps, in the September-October period, Garuda Indonesia will carry out additional flight frequency on domestic flight routes with positive performance. Furthermore, Irfan explained that this step is in line with the company's ongoing efforts to maximize the availability of flight services, especially in the midst of the current recovery momentum of the tourism industry. As well as having a positive impact on the national economy. "The additional frequency is carried out in stages through a series of evaluations, especially on routes that contribute positively to the company's performance, and periodically continue to be aligned with the availability of the fleet," he said in an official statement, Wednesday, October 5. The availability of the fleet itself, continued Irfan, will continue to be optimized, especially through the fleet restoration program that continues to be intensified. "This additional flight frequency is a form of our commitment as a national flag carrier to ensure that air connectivity for the community can be fulfilled properly, especially ahead of the peak season period at the end of the year," he said. More than that, said Irfan, the increase in flight frequency is also a projection of the company's optimism for positive performance outlooks in the future. "Where we will continue to accelerate our performance growth through the alignment of the capacity of production equipment with market demand which continues to grow consistently amid various steps to accelerate the handling of the pandemic," he said. The addition of the frequency has been and will be carried out on several domestic flight routes served from Jakarta, including: 1. Jakarta-Tanjung Pinang, which will start October 2, 2022, will be served 5 times a week, from the previous 2 times per week. 2. Jakarta-Malang, which will start October 17, 2022 will be served 3 times a week, from the previous 2 times per week. 3. Jakarta-Bengkulu, which from October 2 will be served 5 times a week, from the previous 3 times per week 4. Jakarta-Palangkaraya, which starting October 14, 2022 will be served 4 times a week from the previous 3 times per week. 5. Jakarta-Lampung, which will be served 24 September 2022 every day, from 6 times per week.